Network analysis of perceived social support,depressive and anxiety symptoms in rural-to-urban migrated and rural residents
10.3969/j.issn.1000-6729.2025.03.10
- VernacularTitle:新城镇与农村居民抑郁和焦虑症状及领悟社会支持的网络分析
- Author:
Sifang NIU
1
;
Xingmeng NIU
;
Shuzhang HU
;
Yu SUN
;
Yi ZHENG
;
Yueqin HUANG
;
Fuqin MU
;
Yan LIU
Author Information
1. 滨州医学院公共卫生学院,山东烟台 264003
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
depressive symptom;
anxiety symptom;
perceived social support;
network analysis
- From:
Chinese Mental Health Journal
2025;39(3):251-258
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective:To explore relationships and differences of perceived social support and depression-anx-iety symptoms between rural-to-urban migrated residents and rural residents.Methods:A total of 5 958 rural-to-ur-ban migrated residents and 4 720 rural residents were recruited.The Patient Health Questionnaire-9,Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7,and Perceived Social Support Scale were used to assess symptoms of depression,anxiety,and social support,respectively.Network estimation,centrality and predictability measurement,accuracy and stability verification,and network comparison were conducted based on R 4.2.0 to compare the network structure differ-ences between the two groups of residents.Results:In rural-to-urban migrated residents,"lack of energy"in depres-sive symptoms and"inability to control worry"in anxiety symptoms were the nodes with the highest expected influ-ence(EI).In rural residents,"low self-evaluation"in depressive symptoms and"difficulty relaxing"in anxiety symptoms were the nodes with the highest EI.The highest node of perceived social support EI for both groups was"support from relatives/leaders."The bridge nodes were the same for rural-to-urban migrated residents and rural residents,with"be down in spirits"being the nodes with the highest bridge expected influence.The results of net-work comparison test showed that the overall network structure of rural-to-urban migrated residents and rural resi-dents was statistically different(P＜0.05).Conclusion:There are correlation and difference among depressive symptoms,anxiety symptoms,and perceived social support in rural-to-urban migrated and rural residents.
